How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Seeing my gaze, Kai took the clothes and explained with a smile, "We are worried that Her Highness Sophielina might not sleep well. Please don't blame us for this unnecessary action."

"How could it be...thank you...thank you."

When Kai turned around and tried to leave the room, he felt a small hand grabbing the corner of his clothes. At the same time, a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum came, "Um, sisters, don't tell anyone else."

After I closed the door again, I couldn't help but recall the embarrassing scene before, and I couldn't help but bang my head against the door frame.

I had clearly intended to give these guys a hard time.

“So why did it become like this?”

Just thinking of Kai and the others' caring actions, the shame and anger in my heart dissipated a little bit, and after all, Kai and the others didn't seem to have done anything wrong.

So thinking along this line, I ended up condemning myself for the consequences of my carelessness.

"I must pay attention next time... Hey, what is this?"

After the reflection, I warned myself, but when I returned to bed, I felt as if there was something under the quilt. I reached out curiously and took it out, only to find that it seemed to be a storybook the size of my palm.

Could it be that those guys were worried that I would be bored and prepared this to entertain me? Thinking of this, the names of the five people in the little notebook in someone's mind were missing one more stroke.

With a little curiosity about the content, I also opened the first page of the storybook.

The more I looked at it, the more I frowned.

This storybook tells the story of a noble illegitimate daughter, Leah, who is nearly ten years old and is sent to a mysterious and ancient family as a bargaining chip for marriage.

Leah, who had already prepared herself for the disaster, did not expect that the other party would treat her as attentively as a family member.

Not only did she hire a special chef to prepare meals according to her taste, but she also always wore clothes made of the best fabrics. Her servants and guards also did their best to serve and protect her, without any neglect or contempt.

Even if the young count, who was only ten years older than her, had a lot of documents to deal with, he would always patiently read fairy tales to her before she fell asleep until she fell asleep peacefully.

The count's fiancée not only did not make things difficult for her, but on the contrary, she went to comb her hair every day. When Leah couldn't sleep because of fear, she took the initiative to hug her and talked to her intimately at night.

Just as Leah was gradually moved by such gentle treatment, she discovered the secret that this family was secretly serving the devil.

It was a dark passage, and Leah hid in the depression. She heard the secret room at the end of the passage, where not only were there the two people who she once thought were the best to her in the world, but she could also hear the devil's low and hoarse laughter.

"Is it still that girl? You humans are really interesting..."

"What would happen if that girl saw the true colors of you guys...I'm afraid she wouldn't believe it..."

"I can't wait to enjoy that beautiful body, hehehehe..."

The story ends here and looks like an ordinary dark fairy tale. It is not difficult to guess the horrible ending.

But in my eyes, it has a deeper meaning.

This was definitely not something those guys prepared on purpose, but was accidentally left in their room.

Leah's experience in the book made me subconsciously think of Claire's abnormal behavior when I first arrived at the monastery, as well as the equally strange reactions of everyone in the monastery.

I'm afraid Claire is planning to use this method to numb herself and achieve her ulterior motives.

"Humph, you think you can make me fall like this? You underestimate me."

I grumbled to myself as I ate the last biscuit, and of course I didn't forget to drink up the milk in one gulp.

They will definitely regret the price of allowing a demon king to "grow" freely in their "jungle".

"Gu..."

It seems like I ate too much.

……

"What are you looking for, Bemira?"

"I don't know where I lost the first volume of 'Girl Leah'. It's really strange."

"Forget it if you can't find it. You can change it at the 'rally' anyway."

"Alas, it will take a lot of merit again... Fortunately, the second volume is not lost."

"Remember who was the one who refused to change that one at all? It was only because I strongly recommended it to you that you watched it."

"The first part was too dissuading. Who would have known there would be such a big twist in the latter part? I won't say more. I will review the second part again. I will definitely have a sweet dream today."

"**."

Chapter 97 Return to the Forest Ruins

It wasn't just a certain blonde saint. In the eyes of Sister Hill, who had served Sophialina since childhood as the incarnation of the Holy See of Light, the behavior of Claire and the other paladins in the monastery was also very abnormal and strange.

Not to mention the gap in status, they were too respectful to a candidate for the Saint who was suddenly sent by the Holy See of Light, to which they were nominally affiliated but from which they had actually long since been stripped of their military and power.

Even though Claire, who came from an ancient family, could explain it with the chivalry full of unrealistic beliefs, the surprisingly consistent attitudes of her subordinates seemed particularly incredible.

No one showed even the slightest hostility. Even when their own Demon King accidentally mentioned tropical fruits and vegetables a few days ago, precious fruits specially prepared for the royal family and nobles appeared on the table the next day.

This feeling is like the attitude of many onlookers in a museum towards the precious exhibits, cautiously and carefully.

"They are indeed suspicious. Doesn't Your Highness think so as well?"

Walking on the open-air corridor next to the garden, Hill observed his surroundings and expressed his judgment to the petite person next to him in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Goo, what?"

Hearing the sound coming from the side, I turned my head curiously with a puzzled look while I was busy putting the candy into my mouth.

I clearly checked carefully before to see if this was something strange, but now I am so confident about it.

Hill sighed imperceptibly and retracted his gaze. "I think that since you don't know the other party's true intentions, Your Highness would be better off leaving here as soon as possible..."

He didn't finish the rest of his words because Hill noticed that there was no sound nearby again. He turned around and looked around, only to find that the other party had gotten a lot of snacks from the pastor girls passing by on the roadside.

"Good morning. Her Highness Sophielina is very cute today. Would you like to try the blueberry-flavored cookies I just made?"

"Your Highness Sophielina, the day before yesterday you said this butter bread tasted good, so I asked my mother to send some more over."

"This is what I prepared specifically for Her Highness Sophielina..."

You clearly still felt a little ashamed before, but now you feel so at ease with it.

Looking at his own Demon King walking towards him with food in his arms, the cat ears on his head that contrasted with his golden hair and the cat tail behind him seemed to tremble with his master's mood. He was no longer wearing the complicated saint costume, but a light and simple casual outfit, giving people a friendly and lovely feeling.

Hill couldn't help but sigh again.

Although since the magic disguise was exposed three days ago, with the gradual discussion among the paladins and clergy inside the monastery, most people knew about Her Highness Sophielina's "hobby" and gave up the idea of ​​hiding it.

However, she had clearly covered it up before, but now she has become completely accustomed to this cute but undignified look.

Hill felt that a large part of the reason for this was the encouragement and guidance of the people in the monastery. Not to mention comments like "very cute, very suitable", the most important thing was probably that he would receive a lot of snacks and compliments when walking on the road.

If he hadn't kept reminding himself that this was His Majesty the Demon King and not a cat kept in a monastery, Hill would probably have forgotten the purpose of his accompanying him here.

"Hill, Hill, this cookie is delicious."

I came back with a bunch of snacks and was about to share them with Hill, but when I looked up, I was met with a pair of ambiguous eyes.

"Your Highness, do you remember what we are here for?" Hill felt that he needed to remind a guy who was scientifically called the Saint but was actually the Demon King.

I was stunned for a moment, then I reacted immediately. I patted my chest and acted confidently, "Of course I remember. Don't worry, Hill. I did this on purpose so that they would lower their guard against me and reveal their true colors. Then we would be able to gain a greater advantage."

Can't tell at all.

I don’t know if it’s because my acting these days is too “real”, but Hill’s eyes clearly tell this fact.

I coughed a few times. "So I have considered how to expand the advantage. We can't continue to fight small battles like this. Now we should start from the strategic level and adopt more macro-level means to deal with them."

Hill gave me a confused look, obviously she was curious about what the strategic macro approach was.

"There are many principles in this world that are interoperable. It's normal that Hill doesn't understand." I showed a mature look, stood on tiptoe, patted Hill's shoulder...arm, and said in a deep voice, "Whether it is an individual, an organization, an army, or even a country, logistics supply is the key to sustained combat. I now plan to avoid direct combat and strive to attack the enemy's food resources. Hmm, this cookie seems a little too sweet."

"..."

So isn’t it simply as simple as being attracted by delicious food?

Before Hill could come up with any more interesting reaction, I suddenly thought of something and ate the cookies in my hand in no time.

"By the way, I have to go to the Black Prison Forest to check on the results this afternoon. You don't have to come with me, Hill... Don't look like an abandoned little animal. It doesn't fit with your character, Hill."

"I am just worried about Your Highness."

Although I said so, after spending so much time with him, it was obvious to me that Hill was upset. I covered my mouth and chuckled, "Because I have an important task to give Hill, so I didn't let Hill come with me."

"Important...mission?"

I motioned for Hill to squat down, and then I leaned over to his ear and whispered my plan.

"Your Highness wants me to pretend to follow you and then secretly return to the monastery to investigate?"

"What we have done in the past few days should have made them relax their vigilance. In addition, since I am not in the monastery, those guys should reveal some clues. So I'll leave it to Hill."

It turns out that I had wronged His Highness. His Highness had been thinking about it all along.

Hill showed a rare serious look and nodded.

"I understand." Although it was just a few simple words and the tone was flat without much ups and downs, it gave people a sense of security.

After all, Hill never had much of a favorable impression of the Holy Light Monastery, which treated their Demon King as a stray cat.

...although the former is quite proactive.

After rejecting Claire's suggestion to send a team of elite paladins to protect us or to accompany us personally, Hill and I temporarily left the monastery and headed towards the Black Prison Forest.

Of course, after making sure that she was far away from the eyes and ears near the monastery, Hill turned back and went to investigate some unknown information in the monastery according to the task I assigned her.

The forest ruins, which I hadn’t seen for a few days, seemed more lively than before. An endless stream of people crowded in a corner of the ruins, giving me the illusion of being on a city street.

Although there are quite a few players leveling up around, it is clear that the vast majority are guild groups and teams that come to play dungeons.

The difficulty of leveling up in Era is higher than that in other online games. Just a few days are enough for them to advance from level eight to level nine, or even gain more than half of the experience required to reach level nine.

During this process, some people, after failing to clear the high-difficulty Black Prison Forest dungeon for many times, thought that there was more than one dungeon and chose to go to other areas to wait for other dungeons to be opened.

However, the development that followed not only caught many people by surprise, but also made these players return to the Black Prison Forest.

The reason was that someone discovered that the Holy Light Monastery in the White Partridge Forest had suddenly sent a quartermaster to live in Soma Town. Not only that, the exchange of items provided by the quartermaster also made them very jealous.

A complete set of silver equipment.

There are some silver equipments circulating in the market now, but they are only a minority. Silver-grade sets like this are even rarer, and probably only the core members of the elite groups of large guilds can own them.

In addition, the standard suits provided by the Holy Light Monastery have properties that are much higher than ordinary silver equipment. To exchange for these, you only need to clear the high-difficulty Black Prison Forest to obtain the Demonic Black Soil.

Driven by the power of the silver suit, in just a few days, all the major guilds have advanced the Black Prison Forest dungeon to the difficult level and tried to challenge higher-level nightmares.

However, although it has reached the nightmare difficulty, the completion of the dungeon seems to be unsatisfactory.

Even in the difficult Black Prison Forest dungeon, no one can reach 100% completion. Until now, the top of the clearance list is still the Storm Guild's pioneering team with 80% completion.

After confirming with the quartermaster in Soma Town that there was no problem with the exchange mechanism, I came to the Black Prison Forest and roughly understood the current situation of the dungeon. I couldn't help but smile secretly.

It is said that the Stormwind Guild's pioneering team had no other way to deal with the Shadow Swamp, and they just relied on their own strength to get through it.

"It seems that the plan is still very effective."

Of course, I was just gloating for a moment, and did not forget my mission. I walked towards the coordinate point agreed upon by my aunt.

……

Forest ruins, near a corner of the Black Prison Forest dungeon.

Several girls from different professions gathered together, some were cute and lively, some were mature and elegant, and some were refreshing and sunny. They formed a beautiful landscape, attracting the attention of the people around them.

However, they simply ignored these gazes and seemed to be discussing something seriously.

"Sister Youyou, is it really possible? The method of clearing the difficult Black Prison Forest with a high completion rate sounds unreliable." Mu Shui looked worried. After all, she had tasted the bitterness of this dungeon.

The warrior Feiyu next to him didn't seem to care. "Why don't we try again? I don't believe that the difficult level dungeon is really that difficult."

"Before you two talk, find me a team that agrees to let a fire mage like me join. This time, it has to work!" Wang Haiyouyou curled his lips.

Thinking of the destructive effect caused in the copy at the beginning, coupled with the scenes of being rejected by other teams several times in a row, the other girls couldn't help laughing out loud.

What he got in return was Wang Haiyou's rolling eyes.

Qiu Se Ru Shui smiled, "Come to think of it, You You, didn't you say that your niece is also near the Gruin area? Why don't we let her come over and join us? When she arrives, we can also take her to the dungeon."

"Yes, yes, I also want to meet Youyou's niece."

"That's right. He keeps talking about it in our ears every day, but he never shows it to us. It's really too much."

This topic immediately aroused everyone's interest, and they began chattering about their dissatisfaction with their companions.